The view from Channel Nine Seven
Continuing an irregular series commenting on how the election looks to commercial tv viewers: commercial free to air is the biggest single source of information for voters. I’m boycotting Channel Nine tonight, because I fear that the Mark Latham “controversy”/60 [...]
LP on TV
I’ll be appearing tonight on the tv version of The Drum at 6.30pm on ABC News 24. Update: I’ll also be interviewed on ABC News Radio drive time at around 5.45pm.
Tony Abbott on Hey Hey It’s Saturday
You can watch the Opposition Leader here. I’m voting for Kylie Minogue.
Open election leaflet and propaganda thread
I noted in my last post that television (particularly commercial tv) is the single most influential source of information for voters during election campaigns. Direct communication by political parties is also important, tending to trump the febrile discourse of the [...]
ABC claims move against Rudd is on
ABC tv news has just claimed that a move against Kevin Rudd’s leadership is on tonight, emanating from Victoria and including “senior ministers”. Tomorrow is the last sitting day of this session of parliament. There’s nothing on the web so [...]
Denial on parade
Tonight’s Four Corners has a piece on the Coalition’s views on climate change. The blurb makes clear that much of the party rank and file are denialists. That’s not news. However, they’re also promising some kind of meta-analysis of public [...]
Borgism
A taste of what’s to come in the Queensland election campaign has been airing on the telly over the last few nights. One of the advantages for Labor of the early election speculation is that almost anything they do that’s [...]
Happy 45th birthday, Doctor Who!
45 years old today. Tigtog has a link rich and interesting post commemorating the anniversary at Hoyden.
Friday night funny (and Sorry Ranga Day)
Another day, another festival in Melbourne. Currently, along with all the other festivals that are no doubt happening at the moment, Melbourne is hosting the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF). Films worth seeing during MIFF include Persepolis (fans of Marjane [...]
So how about that media narrative now?
By Mark Bahnisch on June 16, 2010
Over the long weekend, I noted the frenzy The Australian was stirring up about the purported deadline on Rudd’s leadership, built on a foundation of a self-serving article from mining company director Keith De Lacy and quotes from NSW Right [...]
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